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Lars Breuls obtained a Ph.D. fellowship of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), which allowed him to carry out ethnographic research in immigration detention in Belgium and in the Netherlands (October 2016 – September 2020). He succesfully defended his Ph.D. on immigration detention practices on 7 September 2020. He is now working as a professor of penology and studying the decision-making practices of immigration officers. His research interests include practices of immigration control, penal and administrative decision-making, and practices of prison sentence implementation.
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VLOV229: Scientific follow-up of the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) project in the lap of the Flemish Houses of Justice
Breuls, L., Uzieblo, K. & Verfaillie, K.
15/02/25 → 14/02/27
Project: Fundamental
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NSIS1: Brussels Interdisciplinary Research centre on Migration and Minorities (BIRMM)
Adam, I., Trauner, F., Smets, K., De Kimpe, S., Breuls, L., Lambert, B., Winter, A., Smis, S., De Hert, P., Henrard, K., Vosters, R., Sepp, A., Lechkar, I., Verhaeghe, P., Bircan, T., Van Belle, E., Nagel, M., Brosens, D., De Backer, F. & Consuegra, E.
1/11/24 → 31/10/29
Project: Fundamental
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0ZR4132: Soft deportations’? An ethnographic study of ‘voluntary’ return programs in Belgium
1/06/23 → 31/05/27
Project: Fundamental
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FWOWO41: Network for comparative research on innovative detention policies and practices
Vanhouche, A., Beyens, K., De Bus, S., Breuls, L. & Humblet, D.
1/01/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Fundamental
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Dat komt hard binnen
Breuls, L., May 2025, In: Panopticon. 46, 2, p. 198-201 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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Regeerakkoord De Wever: Opnieuw gevangen in de vicieuze cirkel van het expansionisme
Van den Berghe, K. & Breuls, L., 27 Mar 2025, In: Fatik. 42, 185, p. 3-7 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Behind the desk: Examining the decision-making and legitimation practices of immigration officials in return procedures in Belgium
Deschuyteneer, L. & Breuls, L., Sept 2024, In: Archiwum Kryminologii. 46, 1, p. 15-36 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Een onderzoek naar de gedragstrainingen in Vlaanderen
Raets, S., De Boe, L., Breuls, L. & Beyens, K., 29 Mar 2024, Vlaams Agentschap Justitie & Handhaving. 168 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Het uitwerken en implementeren van een risicotaxatie- en risicomanagementbeleid in de Vlaamse justitiehuizen
Vansteenkiste, A., Willemen, H., Uzieblo, K., Breuls, L. & Verfaillie, K., 26 Jul 2024, Vlaams Agentschap Justitie & Handhaving. 448 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Prizes
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Aspirant van het FWO - Vlaanderen
Breuls, Lars (Recipient), 1 Oct 2016
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Activities
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Faculty of Law and Criminology (Organisational unit)
Kristel Beyens (Chair), Lars Breuls (Member), Lucas De Melo Melgaço (Member), Dave De Ruysscher (Member), Jachin Van Doninck (Member) & Aube Wirtgen (Member)
3 Jun 2025 → …Activity: Membership › Work on academic committees and working groups
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In defense of truth and objectivity: A critical realist view
Lars Breuls (Speaker)
22 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Waarom kiezen voor gemeenschapsgerichte straffen?
Lars Breuls (Speaker)
8 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at an external academic organisation
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Legitimiteit en verzet in vreemdelingenbewaring: Een analyse op basis van etnografisch onderzoek
Lars Breuls (Speaker)
13 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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De jongerenopvolgingskamer (JOK) in Antwerpen: een jongvolwassenstrafrecht in embryonale fase?
Marte Leys (Speaker), Hanne Willemen (Speaker), Lars Breuls (Speaker) & Els Dumortier (Speaker)
12 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
Thesis
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Vrijstelling en verwijdering als keerzijden van eenzelfde medaille? De rol van de gevangenisdirecteur in de (vervroegde) invrijheidstellingsprocedures van gedetineerden zonder recht op verblijf
Author: Breuls, L., 3 Jul 2015Supervisor: Beyens, K. (Promotor) & De Ridder, S. (Advisor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Vrijwillige terugkeer in België: beleid, doelstellingen en de rol van return counselors
Author: Deschuyteneer, L. & Breuls, L., 2023Student thesis: Master's Thesis